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backdrop

[bak-drop] / ˈbækˌdrɒp /
NOUN
setting for something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


Example Sentences

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It is a very different world economy, and this shapes the backdrop to this feast of football.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Chewy cut its full-year net sales forecast to $13.4 billion-$13.55 billion from $13.6 billion-$13.75 billion, citing a dynamic consumer backdrop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Chewy cut its sales outlook for the year, up against a more dynamic consumer backdrop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

That backdrop should support the rotation in stocks that’s been evident in the past few sessions.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Harry’s gaze wandered to the portrait that sometimes contained Phineas Nigellus Black, Sirius’s great-great-grandfather, but it was empty, showing nothing but a stretch of muddy backdrop.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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